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Hi,
My wife loves my photos and I think that they are pretty good but I'd
appreciate some objective feedback on the quality of the shots and
whether they are possibly good enough for future sale. I'm thinking of
a career change from working with computer networks to doing
photography full-time.

In article . com,
Michael Bennett wrote:
My wife loves my photos and I think that they are pretty good but I'd
appreciate some objective feedback on the quality of the shots and
whether they are possibly good enough for future sale. I'm thinking of
a career change from working with computer networks to doing
photography full-time.

Is there a large market for pictures of flowers in a controlled setting?

Michael Bennett wrote:
My wife loves my photos and I think that they are pretty good but I'd
appreciate some objective feedback on the quality of the shots and
whether they are possibly good enough for future sale. I'm thinking of
a career change from working with computer networks to doing
photography full-time.

Is there a large market for pictures of flowers in a controlled setting?

Hi Randall,
Thanks for your response. Probably why I'm not a professional is that
I haven't done any research into the marketability of such shots. I
just like taking them. Clearly, I need to improve my business skills.
Thanks again, Michael

In article . com,
Michael Bennett wrote:
Hi Randall,
Thanks for your response. Probably why I'm not a professional is that
I haven't done any research into the marketability of such shots. I
just like taking them. Clearly, I need to improve my business skills.
Thanks again, Michael

Being able to take pretty pictures of flowers under controlled settings
is hardly a viable business plan.

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:02:20 -0700, Randall Ainsworth
wrote:
In article . com,
Michael Bennett wrote:
Hi Randall,
Thanks for your response. Probably why I'm not a professional is that
I haven't done any research into the marketability of such shots. I
just like taking them. Clearly, I need to improve my business skills.
Thanks again, Michael

Being able to take pretty pictures of flowers under controlled settings
is hardly a viable business plan.

Michael Bennett wrote:
Hi Randall,
Thanks for your response. Probably why I'm not a professional is that
I haven't done any research into the marketability of such shots. I
just like taking them. Clearly, I need to improve my business skills.
Thanks again, Michael

Being able to take pretty pictures of flowers under controlled settings
is hardly a viable business plan.

You want nice instead of truth? Better the guy learns now that he's not
ready than after he invests a lot of money and the marketplace tells
him.

Thanks to both of you. I asked a direct question and Randall
responded. I understand where he is coming from.

Have any of you tried this method of sales?
I've seen scenarios where the photographer creates his or her own web
site, sets up a shopping cart where the customer selects the photo,
its size, the matte, and a frame, pays with a credit card or Paypal,
and a 3rd party company does the printing on archival paper, does the
assembly, and the shipping. There's minimal overhead for me by not
having to maintain any inventory at home. At least with this method,
if I can market the site correctly, I'd know if there was interest in
the photos or not. Also, I could keep my day job which right now
sounds like is a pretty good idea.

I also wonder if any of you have had success selling in the stock
photo market? I heard they take up to a 65% split with the assumption
that 35% of something is better than 100% of nothing.